---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 1/10/03 1:43:48 AM !!!First Boot!!!, tune4u@earthlink.net writes: > Well, it's sorta your piano, it belongs to the US Army so you are, > indirectly, paying me to fix it ... > > Older B. Hamilton studio. 3 long diagonal cracks that traverse the > soundboard from edge to edge. 2 of the cracks are on either side of the > bass bridge apron so it's as though only maybe 7 percent of the soundboard > is directly connected to the bridge, except through the ribs. > > Bass SOUNDS okay but I'm concerned about the structural integrity of > bridge/soundboard/ribs in that area. > > They will pay to repair the bridge (eyelash cracks) but I doubt they'd want > to do the whole soundboard-shim thing. > > Anyone with more experience, appreciate your comments. > > Thanks, > > Alan Barnard > The cracks themselves are not the problem. The problem is where the soundboard is loose from the ribs and/or the bridge. Since I won't pay for the soundboard to be replaced on a Hamilton, I suggest you drive screws through the ribs and bridge to attach then to the soundboard. If that doesn't work, I want to have my piano used for target practice on the range. Wim ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/28/33/df/55/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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